SS Regina

SS Regina -- Official White Star Line Card

Built: 1918, Harland & Wolff, Belfast.    Yard No: 454 Funnels: 2   Masts: 2 Tonnage: 16,314 GRT. Dimensions: 183.1 x 20.7 m / 601 x 67.9 ft. Engines: Triple Expansion plus Low Pressure Turbines by builders. Triple Screw;  12,000 IHP;  15 kn. Hull: Steel, 4 Decks. Passengers: 350-Cabin Class, 350-Tourist Class, 800-3rd Class. Crew: Not Listed

The Regina was originally laid down for the Dominion Line in 1913 and launched on April 19, 1917. In December 1918 she was provisionally completed as troop transport with only one funnel and no passenger accommodation. Between 1920 and 1922 she was finished to original design at Belfast. She appeared in Dominion Line colors and her tonnage was listed at 16,500 GRT and her passenger accommodation at 631-Cabin Class, 1,824-3rd Class. She made her first voyage from Liverpool to Portland, Maine on March 16, 1922. In December 1925 the Dominion Line was taken over by White Star Line. On December 12, 1926 the Regina made her first voyage from Liverpool to New York. At the time of that voyage, she appeared in White Star Line colors. In 1929 she was transferred to Red Star Line and remained under the British Flag, registered for F. Leyland, Liverpool. Her passenger accommodation was changed to: 350-Cabin Class, 350-Tourist Class, 800-3rd Class. In 1930 the Regina was renamed Westernland on the Antwerp to New York service. In 1935 the Westernland was bought by Red Star Line, Hamburg. After a refit for 550-Tourist Class passengers, the ship continued in the Antwerp to New York service. On November 8, 1936 the Westernland sped to the assistance of the Hamburg-America Line motor vessel Isis, which had run into difficulties in a storm off Lands End. Only one cabin boy could be rescued; the Isis had sunk in the meantime with 39 men on board. In June 1939 the Westernland was sold to the Holland American Line of Rotterdam but kept the same name and route. In May 1940, after the outbreak of war, she escaped to England and became the seat of the exiled Dutch government at Falmouth. In July 1940 she was refitted at Liverpool as troop transport. In November 1942 the Westernland was sold to British Admiralty and sent to London for conversion as a repair-ship. She became a Destroyer Depot ship. In 1946 she was sold to C. Salvesen, Leith. Conversion as a whaler planned, but not carried out. On July 15, 1947 she was sold to British Iron & Steel Corp to be broken up. She was then scrapped at Blyth.

SS Regina -- Official White Star Line Card

Passenger List -- SS Regina -- Liverpool to Quebec & Montreal -- September 17, 1926

SS Regina -- Abstract of Log Card -- Liverpool to Montreal -- August 19 thru 27, 1927

SS Regina -- Luncheon Menu Card June 16, 1927 Third Cabin  Tourist Class

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